The 13th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) is being held 
October 18-21, 2012 in Salford (Greater Manchester) UK. The full call for papers is below: Call for Papers Internet Research 13.0: Technologies The…
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I recently taped an interview with Milwaukee's public radio affiliate, WUWM, and it aired today. The topic was privacy and technology, focusing mostly on how to balance the speed and ubiquity of new technology, the conveniences they provide, and the…
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The call for papers for the 2008 Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference has been released. This year's theme is "Technology Policy '08". Details below: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08 http://cfp2008.org/ 18th Annual CFP conference May 20-23, 2008 Omni…
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Wired has launched a new column called "The Luddite", written by Tony Long. To get a sense of his (needed) perspective, here's an excerpt from his first column, "Dark Underbelly of Technology":[...] the reason for this column: to lend a…
I recently came across Donald Norman's latest essay "Human-Centered Design Considered Harmful". In it, he challenges us to criticize the "human-centered" design paradigm, and offers an "activity-centered" design program as an alternative:Human-Centered Design has become such a dominant theme in…
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